Mint Explainer: Should India be worried about China’s ‘walking pneumonia’?
Memories of the Covid-19 pandemic have resurfaced as a mysterious respiratory illness among children emerged in China, the epicenter of the earlier outbreak. Hospitals in many Chinese cities have been operating at maximum capacity the past two months, taking in more than 9,000 patients a day. The alarming scenes from China have put health authorities worldwide on high alert.
This Mint Explainer aims to delve into the causes of this mysterious illness, how it differs…